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hot take: a main reason why a lot of folks aren’t connecting with Bridgerton this season is because Penelope is a fat love interest and that makes them uncomfortable.

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sure, there are plenty of elements to reasonably critique (the costumes aren’t period accurate, the writing a little soapy, etc.), but most have always been present to some degree in the show. by far the biggest change made this season is a fat woman being portrayed as desirable.

the public will twist themselves into knots in order to avoid addressing their unconscious fatphobia. Penelope being lusted after, coveted, pleasured — it’s the first time (to my knowledge) that a fat woman has been so visibly and respectfully sexualized on such a large platform.

it is genuinely *shocking* to a lot of people, but instead of turning those feelings inward and unpacking their discomfort, folks are seeking external validation and watching everything with a hyper critical eye. honestly, sucks for them because polin is hot!!!

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Is that a promise, Kathani Sharma? Yes. Yes, it is a promise.

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Cressida going from calling Eloise a “radical ruffian” to listening to her rants about women’s rights oh we are so back.

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the use of courting language in eloise and cressida’s story 🧡🤍🩷

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THEM!

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Polin In The Season 3 Part 2 Trailer

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pathetic isn’t really a word I‘d use for colin bridgerton. simon rather dying than marrying daphne was pathetic. anthony going through with marrying edwina until SHE mustered the courage to call everything off was pathetic.

colin contemplating his feelings, calling out his male acquaintances for their chauvinism, seeking advice from his mother and then immediately taking action and putting himself out there without even knowing if his feelings are reciprocated is the complete opposite of pathetic. that requires a whole lot of bravery.

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I just saw a comment that basically said

"Penelope opens her eyes first after every kiss to make sure this is real and Colin doesn't open them as not to wake up if it was a dream."

Shoutout to cocoboo.mx, congrats, you made me instantly cry, like fully ugly sob.

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I can’t believe Pitbull just thanked all of us for listening to his song on repeat as a coping mechanism because we were left just that UNHINGED by the carriage scene 😂

TIMELESS, TRANSCENDS INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES - that is the power of Polin and that carriage

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Colin Bridgerton: not one for wasting time.

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cressida fighting her demons (lesbianism)

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JMADS YOU QUEEN!

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this tweet is too funny to not post here

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“I’d say the 1830s but without all the racists” is so Bridgerton coded actually

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While we're on the topic of Colin finding out Pen is LW, I do hope we're going to get a little part where he's not angry at her for writing bad things about others but angry at her for writing bad things about herself .

He went to her garden in the middle of the night to check up on her after the LW column came out saying how she's basically never gonna find a husband and Colin said that was "beastly" of her to write...

So imagine him, future Colin 'My wife' Bridgerton, finding out that the person who wrote the most insulting and horrible things about his beloved is his beloved herself??? That's the angst I want, plus the part of him being protective of her

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We joke but the fact NO ONE bats an eye when Penelope and Colin are unchaperoned in broad daylight, or the way they keep to themselves in the corner of balls and other events, speaks a lot of how little the ton considers Penelope as a desirable debutante. Fife and co mock Colin for his friendship with her. Portia catches them alone in a room and somehow doesn't jump on the YOU MUST MARRY train. Even Anthony, albeit s1 Anthony so he's a bit dumb, comments that Colin has danced multiple times with Penelope yet it does not signify.

Side note but I would kill to see his reaction when he hears Colin interrupted Penelope's and Debling's dance lol.

Everyone sees Colin running after Penelope multiple times this season, and everyone assumes it's out of pity, rather than care. Like she's not even the one chasing him, he's the one doing it in all four episodes!

Never in their wildest fantasies could they imagine Colin Bridgerton being interested in Penelope Featherington indeed. And oh boy, are they in for a rude awakening! Because that boy is already loud with his actions when he wasn't even aware of his feelings, but he's gonna be even louder with his words to make sure everyone understands how much Penelope Featherington is beloved by him.